Bought a new soaking bowl for terrarium last night from LLL Reptile. It is designed to be buried in the substrate and has a rim around the top edge. My idea (if I can pull it off) is to mold the bottom of it using spray foam and then attach the mold to the side of the tank so the water dish can sit down in the mold and be elevated off the bottom of the tank as well. This of course will depend on how small the bowl is when it gets delivered and how heavy it is.

I covered one side of the tank in Titebond 3 last night at 5PM. I will let that all dry till Saturday days and then spot check it to see if it is cured. If it is I will clean off the excess coco fiber and then coat the other side and let it dry till Wednesday. Sorry for the lack of pictures, but it really hasn't changed since the last one. A bit more foam has been added and then seemingly endless Titebond lol. I'll add pictures on Sat before I put the next coat of Titebond 3 down.


Trying to get it to a resting point by this Sunday. I am going out of town for 3 days and would like to have a fresh coat of Titebond setup to dry the night before so the project can keep "moving forward" while I am out of town lol.

I am struggling with the waterfall concept right now. I am anxious to get the Titebond phase done so I can test the waterfall and see how it will function in reality. I am hoping no carving/shaping needs to be done to the back wall to get the water to flow properly. The only real question mark I have is if I am going to cut another pool into the floor of the terrarium for the water to flow down into or if I will just create a sort of false wall in the substrate and let the water run down between it and the wall into the false bottom.. I need to test it and see before I make up my mind.

Riptide - Yeah that is what i have been doing. I have found the thicker I make it the better it sticks to the spray foam and doesn't slowly run off the peaks of the foam into the small valleys. Hopefully this is the last coat on this side of the tank.